It's a foreigner's game

摘要

To get a sense of how international the sex business is these days, consider the workforce of a small but long-established escort agency in London. Of the 30-or-so women on its books at any one time, no more than three are likely to be British-born. The rest are recruited from across the world, but especially from eastern Europe, by a far-flung network of agents. Some move to London; others "commute" between cities. Until recently, the agency's owner could offer them jobs only in Britain, but a new venture means that he can now arrange temporary placements in-Paris, where the going rate is lower but, thanks to tougher French laws, the competition weaker. These days, his employees are, as he puts it, "moving and flowing all over the place".